About Tricia

News

Gathering Marbles – a collection of poems about aging – will come out from Fernwood Press in July 2027! And, a prose poem collection called Run-On Story from Rootstock Press in early 2028!

The Hole in the Head Review in February awarded Knoll’s poem “Boundaries” as a Runner Up in the Charles Simic Poetry Prize.

The Unknown Daughter was a finalist in the 2025 New England Poetry Club chapbook contest.

Wild Apples, poems about downsizing, moving 3,000 miles from Oregon to Vermont, living alone in the Vermont woods during Covid, and welcoming two grandsons is available now from Fernwood Press. Also available on Amazon.com and at your favorite bookstore.

Recent publications:

“Reading into the November Night” on Verse Virtual, November, 2027

“A Suffragette Kisses Harry Houdini” and “The Interview” on -ette, Fall 2027

Poems in 2026 anthologies:

“Blessing the Fleet” (based on Garibaldi, Oregon) in Cascadia Works: Tend Gather Harvest Restore edited Tele Aadsen and Jessica Gifot, 2026

“Preparing for a Meeting with a New Therapist,” Waking in the Blue: Poetry & Essays about Mental Health edited by Sherri Levine and Sam Rose Preminger

The Unknown Daughter is available at your local bookstore, Amazon and at the publisher’s website, Finishing Line Press. The book was recently a finalist in the New England Poetry Club’s chapbook contest. Review of The Unknown Daughter by Joan Leotta on August 2024 Verse Virtual.

For love of trees….

Recent essays

A list of Knoll’s online poems.

Bio: Tricia Knoll has been writing poetry since the age of 12. She began submitting poetry for publication after retiring. Ten poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize , one Best of Net, and one Best of Microfiction by -ette.  

Her first published poem was in 1970 in a tabloid called View from the Bottom. Then for 40 years, she wrote promotional or education materials to earn a living. More than 300 of her haiku and poems have appeared in online or print journals and poetry anthologies. Visit the “books” tab for introductions to her collected works. 

Described in bytes: Mother, grandmother, wife, feminist, dancer, weight lifter, Master Gardener. She writes eco-poetry, lyric and narrative poetry and haiku. In 2015 Tricia wrote her thoughts on feminism for The Persimmon Tree Journal and in 2016 a contribution to Trish Hopkinson’s blog  on why she regrets waiting until after retirement to begin writing  seriously.

Eco-poetry? Poetry  that highlights  connectedness in nature, responsibility to care for the world we’ve been given, help to remember what we have lost – and encourages holding up hope for doing no more harm. Knoll’s poem “Gray Whale” is included in the 2018 anthology Fire and Rain – Eco-Poetry of California out from Scarlet Tanager Press.